FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
… ReferencesLewandowsky S, Bishop D. (2016). Research integrity: Don’t let transparency damage science. Nature, 25 January, vol 529; http://www.nature.com/news/research-integrity-don-t-let-transparency-damage-science-1.19219 Taichman DB, et al. (2016). Sharing…- Case
Wrong version of article published. Should we retract?
The incorrect PDF version of an article was published together with the correct HTML, XML and EPUB versions. The variations between the PDF and other versions are language editing related, and do not affect the scientific value or scientific nature of the article. Questions for COPE Council Given that two version of the article exists, should the journal retract… - News
Obituary: Patrick Barron, COPE Council member
…the country to outside. He was also founding editor, editor, or editorial board member of many journals. More of Patrick's extensive contributions over the past 50 years can be read here. It was a pleasure to have known and worked with Patrick and he will be missed. Deborah Poff, COPE… - News
In the news: November Digest
…/articles/d41586-019-02918-5" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02918-5 COPE Council member Deborah Kahn… Potential paper mills
…href="https://scienceintegritydigest.com/2020/02/21/the-tadpole-paper-mill/">Elisabeth Bik, who skilfully detect suspicious patterns. Although, once detected we do take steps to investigate and correct the scholarly records (eg, retraction or expression of concern), we need to ensure we prevent these papers being published in the first place. Paper mills are quick to adapt to publisher and journal requests and investigation processes, and continue to move the goalposts…- News
Allegations of Misconduct webinar summary, April 2019
…into your browser. It seems that there are number of no- or low-cost open source of free-with-paid-upgrade options.: https://www.imageforensic.org https://www.impulseadventure.com/photo/jpeg-snoop.html… - News
Standards in Authorship
Standards in authorship webinar, watch again: The pdf of the Standards in Authorship presentations is also available. - News
WCRI 2019: Preprints and their place in the publishing ethics landscape
…href="https://www.cshlpress.com/" target="_blank">Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press) spoke first and gave a history and background of preprints. Heather Tierney (COPE and American Chemical Society) introduced the Resources and further reading
…right? BMJ 2011;343:d8212http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d8212.full?ijkey=3HOrgPYu.IS/M&keytype=ref&siteid=bmjjournals Wager, E. Coping with scientific misconduct. BMJ 2011;343:d6586 iThenticate White Paper. Pressure to Publish, How…- Event
EQUATOR Annual Lecture 2013
5th EQUATOR Annual Lecture will be presented by Professor Kay Dickersin, Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Director of the Center for Clinical Trials, and Director of the US Cochrane Center (USCC). Date: Monday 9 September 2013, 18:00 – 19:00 Venue: Swissotel, Chicago, USA (Peer Review Congress venue) Information: - Event
EQUATOR seminar and annual lecture
…COPE is one of the sponsors of the following events: EQUATOR Seminar: Getting your trial published: CONSORT 2010 and other reporting guidelines Target audience: Clinical and non-clinical professionals involved in planning, conducting and publishing randomised trials in health research. Presenters include: Doug Altman, Sally Hopewell, Allison Hirst,… The COPE Case Taxonomy
…authorship) Authorship Changes in authorship When changes to the authorship list are requested or made, after either submission or publication. Disputed authorship When there is disagreement about any aspect of authorship, e.g. who should be listed and order of listing. Ghost authorship When someone who…- Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2022: Book wars
…src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JqsKaZ4dtiM?rel=0"> Speaker John B Thompson is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. His publications… Presentations
…href="/files/u661/COPE_GENERIC_SLIDES_12April10.pdf">Download PDF (1 mb) (uploaded 5 May 2010) Presented by Liz Wager 2008 Communication and Scientific Integrity- News
Guest editorial: the challenge of AI chatbots for journal editors
…href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/technology/google-bard-ai-chatbot.html">Google is already engaged in this process. Academic publishers and editors, with the help of bodies such as COPE, need to start a big conversation about how we are going to react to the use of chatbots…SOON! Roger Watson, Editor-in-Chief, Nurse Education in Practice Gregor Štiglic, Associate Editor, AI in Medicine Conflict of interest: the authors declare… COPE webinar: Understanding text recycling
…Understanding text recycling Friday 7 August 2020, 16:00-17:15pm (BST) Registration is now closed for this event COPE is hosting a webinar on text recycling when we will hear the latest findings from the members of the Text Recycling Research Project since- News
In the news: May 2021
…requirement for PhD students to publish papers in journals in order to graduate. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy have formed a task force to identify past tampering in scientific decisions, to review the effectiveness of policies aimed at protecting the science that informs policy… - News
Global standards for authors and editors tackle thorny issues such as research bias and misleading publicity
…href="http://www.worldscibooks.com/socialsci/8102.html">here). COPE Chair, Liz Wager, writes: “COPE already helps editors from many of the world’s major publishers to deal with publication misconduct and the standards for editors complement the COPE Code of Conduct followed by our members. We also welcomed the chance to get involved in the first universal global guidelines for authors from all areas of scholarly publishing, including research scientists,… - Event
CSE's 2014 Annual Conference
COPE will hold a joint session with the Council of Science Editors (CSE) at their next conference, to be held in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Click here for more information. …